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NBA President, Osigwe establishes Citizen Liberties Committee, appoints Adeyanju, Inibehe Effiong, others

NewsDeskNgAug 30, 2024August 30, 20240

The newly sworn-in President of the Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, Afam Osigwe, has made his first set of appointments upon assumption of office. Osigwe appointed renowned human rights lawyer, Barrister Deji Adeyanju, Inibehe Effiong, Maxwell Opara, and others to the newly established Citizens’ Liberties Committee, CLC. The new NBA President...

JUST IN: Al Ahli agree €80m fee for Osimhen, player to sign £646,000-a-week deal

NewsDeskNgAug 30, 2024August 30, 20240

Napoli have reached an agreement to sell Victor Osimhen. According to football transfer expert, Fabrizio Romano, the “club to club deal done for €75/80m total package.” Osimhen is set to sign a four-year contract at around £33.6m (€40m) a season – or £646,154 per-week – tax-free. A release clause will...

Shehu Sani hails people of Gobir for confronting bandits in community forest

NewsDeskNgAug 29, 2024August 29, 20240

Former Senator, Shehu Sani has commended the people and residents of Gobir in Sokoto State for moving into the forests to confront the bandits that have been terrorising the area. A viral video shows thousands of residents of Gobir storming the forest to confront the bandits. In reaction to the...

Nigerian troops arrest suspects supplying drugs, uniforms, flags to terrorists

NewsDeskNgAug 29, 2024August 29, 20240

The Multinational Joint Task Force, MNJTF says it has arrested two suspects for allegedly supplying illicit drugs to the Boko Haram and Islamic State of West African Province, ISWAP terrorists in the Lake Chad region. The suspects were also alleged to be supplying uniforms and flag materials to the insurgents....

We are Capturing Edo, Southeastern States

NewsDeskNgAug 29, 2024August 29, 20240

The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Umar Abdullahi Ganduje, has said that his party is going to recapture Edo State in the forthcoming September 21, 2024, Governorship Elections. Ganduje said, “Edo, which is coming on the 21st of September, I believe our campaign is in high spirits....

WASSCE: Stop Mamman from banning students below 18 years from writing WAEC, NECO

NewsDeskNgAug 29, 2024August 29, 20240

A chieftain of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Ambassador Abayomi Nurain Mumuni, has urged President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to stop the Minister of Education, Tahir Mamman, from banning students below the age of 18 from writing the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) and National Examinations Council (NECO) exams. Mumuni...

Nigerian lawmakers write Canadian govt, seek prosecution of Amaka Sunnberger over threat against Yorubas, Edo

NewsDeskNgAug 29, 2024August 29, 20240

Two committees of the House of Representatives have submitted a petition to the Canadian government seeking the prosecution of Amaka Sunnberger over threats against Yoruba and Edo people in Canada. The petition, jointly signed by Biodun Omoleye, Chairman of the Nigeria-Canada Parliamentary Friendship Group, and Tochukwu Okere, Chairman of the...

JUST IN: NLC President, Ajaero arrives police IRT office in Abuja

NewsDeskNgAug 29, 2024August 29, 20240

President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Comrade Joe Ajaero, has arrived at the Police Intelligence Response Team (IRT) office at Old Abattoir by Guzape Junction, Abuja. He arrived at the facility in the company of human rights lawyer, Femi Falana SAN. They arrived at the facility around 10:20 a.m....

23-year-old man dies in Ogun fire outbreak

NewsDeskNgAug 29, 2024August 29, 20240

Ogun State police command has confirmed the death of 23-year-old Ayodele Gabriel, who was found unconscious in his bathroom after a fire broke out in his apartment at Sakura Estate, Sagamu, Ogun State. The Command’s spokesperson, Omolola Odutola, on Thursday, said the deceased was taken to the Olabisi Onabanjo University...

Lagos Govt parades four suspects over BRT attack

NewsDeskNgAug 29, 2024August 29, 20240

The Lagos State Environmental Sanitation Enforcement Agency Task Force has arrested four suspects linked to the August 13 attack on a Bus Rapid Transport, BRT. The Chairman of the task force, CSP Tayo Akerele, in a media conference on Wednesday in Lagos, noted that the bus was en route from...